More about Pulldowns

The main window pulldowns as pointed out in figure 2.4 are quite obvious in their meaning and usage, so here is only a summary.

File

options for loading, saving, and rendering as described in other sections (4).

Edit

edit functions; most of which have shortcuts that you will quickly learn (5).

Keyframes

keyframe options which are described in the Keyframe section (8).

Audio

audio functions such as Add track, Attach effect and Attach transition. The Attach effect is especially useful when you need the effect to be applied to all related audio tracks as a Shared effect and is described as an alternative method of application in section 10.4.

Video

video functions such as Add track, Default/Attach transition, Render effect.

Tracks

move or delete tracks are the most often used plus Align Timecodes.

Settings

much of this is described elsewhere with the most frequently used to include Preferences (16), Format (3), Proxy and Transcode (19.3), as well as the others.

View

for display or modifying asset parameters and values to include Fade, Speed, and Cameras.

Window

window manipulation functions.